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Artist Profile #64: Tandy Beal (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Hometown: Born in Hollywood, raised in NYC and Killingworth, CT Current city: Zayante, CA Websites: tandybeal.com, starstuffproductions.com, and my co-conspirator in all things, composer Jon Scoville: albertsbicycle.com How you pay the bills: teaching, choreographing, stage directing, artistic directing, grant writing All of the dance hats you wear: Oh dear… where does this list end… most of…
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Artist Profile #63: Gretchen Pick (Minneapolis, MN)
Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota Current city: Minneapolis, Minnesota Age: 44 College and degree: Sarah Lawrence College, Liberal Studies Graduate school and degree: University of Milwaukee, MFA in Dance (Graduated in 2002 at age 32) How you pay the bills: Artistic Director of Young Dance, and freelance dance performance and dance education work All of the…
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Artist Profile #61: Patricia West Sotelo (Oakland, CA)
Hometown: San Jose, California Current City: Oakland, California Age: 36 College and degree: University of California Berkeley, major in English and double minors in Dance and Education Graduate school and degree: San Jose State University, Masters in Education – The Academy of Critical Research; Culture, Language and Society (age 22-24) How I pay the bills: I am…
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Artist Profile #60: Carrie Homuth (Minneapolis, MN)
Hometown: Ankeny, IA Current city: Minneapolis, MN Age: 36 College and degree: University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, B.A in Dance Graduate school and degree: current student at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, MFA in Contemporary Dance choreography and performance. Began at age 34. Projected graduation is this August 2014. Professional website: www.livewiredance.com How you…
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My Dance Week: Elizebeth Randall
We are excited to launch our new monthly series, My Dance Week. Once a month, an artist will sketch out or write out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family, friends,…
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Artist Profile #58: Rebecca Lazier (Brooklyn, NY)
Photo: Bentley Drezner Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia Current city: Brooklyn, NY Age: 45 Attended an arts high school? Yes, from 14-17 I attended the pre-professional training program at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. College and degree: The Juilliard School, BFA Website: www.rebeccalazier.com How you pay the bills: Teaching at Princeton All of the dance hats you wear: Choreographer,…
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Artist Profile #57: Shelley Senter (Brooklyn, NY)
Hometown: denver, colorado Current city: brooklyn, new york Age: 54 College and degree: university of colorado at boulder – BFA performance track Graduate school and degree: american center for the alexander technique (ACAT), age 32 Website: http://www.shelleysenter.com/ How you pay the bills: teaching alexander technique – privately and in academic institutions and various…
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New Blog Series: My Dance Week
We are excited to launch our new monthly series, My Dance Week. Once a month, an artist will sketch out or write out (literally) his/her week. One of the hardest things for a young dancer to envision is what a weekly schedule might look like – fitting in paying work, teaching, rehearsing, performing, training, family,…
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Artist Profile #56: Tina Fehlandt (Brooklyn, NY)
Hometown: Wilmington, Delaware Current city: Brooklyn, New York Age: 56 College and degree: I left high school a year early and went to Point Park College in Pittsburgh. I started in a…
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Blog Series: Becoming a Teaching Artist
Beginning in February 2014, there will be a new addition to the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog. Once a month, there will be a post related to teaching. As most professional modern dancers will teach in some capacity throughout their careers, it is valuable to begin to develop teaching skills during college. The tips,…
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